Bài ôn thi vào 10 môn Tiếng Anh năm học 2015-2016 - Bài Số 5 - Cấn Chính Trường

ÔN THI TUYỂN SINH TIẾNG ANH 10 (5) – May 29th, 2016
I. Complete sentences with a/an, the or no article.
1. My father is in business and my mother is.......doctor.
2. ......French are famous for their wonderful food.
3. Patrick and Ryan are brothers. Ryan is........taller one.
4. Some people like........rock but I prefer folk music.
5. One day I want to travel through........Africa.
6. Louise learnt to play........guitar when she was ten.
7. Russia is the biggest country on.........earth.
8. The most important thing to me is.........friendship.
9. At.........Christmas we see all our relatives.
10. After all that hard work I need to have........rest.
II. Find and correct ten mistakes with articles in the text below.
 My family and I have decided that this summer we’re not going abroad for our holidays. Instead, we are going to spend all of the August in north of England, in a small village by sea. We have rented small house in the Lake District, which people say is most beautiful part of the country. Only problem, I think, is a weather. Because of the mountains, and the winds that come from Atlantic Ocean, there can be a lot of the rain. I just hope we don’t end up spending most of our time at the home.
III. Complete the sentences with a NOUN made from the word given in brackets.
1. They experienced many difficulties but the expedition was a success. 	(difficult)
2. They failed because of their lack of........ 	(prepare)
3. The...........of space began in the 1960s. 	(explore)
4. The road was wet so the old lady had a....... 	(fall)
5. The UN is an international..........	(organise)
6. Rose couldn't hide her........... at her exam results. 	(disappoint)
IV. Write the sentences using the correct tenses in brackets.
1. you/like/programmes about exploration? (Present Simple)
2. The dogs/pull/the sledge. (Present Continuous)
3. I/ not bring/the map with me. (Present Perfect)
4. They/not make/much progress with their expedition. (Present Continuous)
5. He/cross/the Atlantic many times. (Present Perfect)
6. you/read/this travel book? (Present Perfect)
7. They/not speak/English. (Present Simple)
V. Complete the questions in the dialogue with the correct form of the verb in brackets: the Present Simple, Present Continuous or Present Perfect.
Lisa: (1) Have you ever been (you/ever go) to South America?
David: No, never. Why?
Lisa: I'm going there in October!
David: (2)...............(you/like) visiting foreign countries?
Lisa: Yes! I love it!
David: Hmm. I don't.
Lisa: So (3)...............(you/always have) your holidays in this country?
David: Yes - it's much easier. Everyone speaks English!
(4)................(you/learn) Spanish for your trip?
Lisa: Of course!
David: And (5)................(you/read) a lot of books about South America?
Lisa: Yes. Well, one book. (6)...............(you/read) travel books in your spare time?
David: Yes - I like books by Bruce Chatwin. (7)..............(you/read) any books by him?
Lisa: No. (8)................(he/write) any books about South America?
David: Oh yes! There's a great one called In Patagonia.
VI. Join these sentences using the word in brackets. Put the earlier event into the Past Perfect.
1. The audience left. The film finished.
(after) The audience left after the film had finished.
2. They fell in love. They got married. (a year after) 
3. I got home. The others ate all the food. (when)
4. They arrived at the cinema. He bought the candy. (after)
5. I arrived home and looked round. I saw that a burglar stole my CD player.(when)
VII. Circle the correct linking word in the modern fairy story.
 One day (1) while/suddenly David Williams, a young schoolboy, was walking in the fields, he saw an old man in the river. It was obvious that he had fallen in.
 (2) Later/Immediately, he ran to the river and pulled the old man out. (3) Before/After he had got his breath back, the old man said, 'I am a very rich man. Because you have saved my life, you can have anything you want.' David laughed. The old man was wearing old clothes. David didn't believe he was rich. And he didn't want anything. (4) Then/When he thought of something. 'I want my dad to have a job,' he said. 'Right,' said the old man. 'What's your telephone number?'
 (5) Later/When David got home his dad said, 'I've just had a phone call. One of the biggest corporations in America has offered me a job.'
VIII. Read the text. Are the statements (1-6) true (T) or false (F)?
 In August 1975, Michael Murphy left his home in Stevenage determined to travel around the world by bicycle. Over the next two years, he was robbed by Yugoslavian peasants, stoned by Afghani tribesmen, and nearly frozen to death in a Mongolian snowstorm.
 ‘Maybe I’m crazy,’ he told a journalist from his hospital bed in Shanghai, ‘but since I was a child, I have always wanted to see the world, o f course, I could have travelled by plane but this seemed more exciting. I only hope that I don’t have any more problems.’ Murphy restarted his travels in China and arrived in South America exactly a year after leaving Britain. He stayed in Chile for a few weeks and continued cycling through Argentina, Brazil and Central America.
 He reached North America in time for Christmas. He celebrated the new year by cycling up the east coast into Canada, before he finally returned to London Heathrow Airport in April 1977. He had travelled 25,000 miles and all he had to do to finish his journey was ride the last forty miles home to Stevenage ...
 Unfortunately, his bicycle got crushed while it was unloaded from the plane. Murphy, broke and broken, had to hitch-hike home in a car.
.....1. Michael started and finished his journey in Britain.
.....2. Michael enjoyed the problems he had.
.....3. It took Michael one year to go round the world.
.....4. On New Year's Eve 1977, he was in North America.
.....5. During his journey Michael didn't use any other transport except his bike.
.....6. Michael Murphy managed to complete his roundthe-world trip according to plan.
IX. Rewrite the sentences beginning with the words given.
1. Nick Cawdon, a famous explorer, lost his way in the desert in March last year, and then again in January this year.
 So far ............................................
2. Norma entered her office; at that very moment, her mobile rang.
 Just as...........................................
3. When I was a small girl, my parents always took me to the mountains for holidays.
 My parents used...............................
4. First the young man forged a letter of introduction then he went to see the scientist.
 Before...........................................
5. What makes these two holidays offen different from each other?
 How does........................................
X. Write the present simple passive sentences.
1. She cleans this room every day. - The room is cleaned by her every day.
2. The teacher checks the tests every week. - The tests ............................every week.
3. My dad uses the car very often. - The car ................. by my dad very often.
4. They show these programmes on Friday. - These programmes ...................on Friday.
5. Students download music very often. - Music .................by students very often.
6. A lot of people read his blog. - His blog ................ by a lot of people.
XI. Complete the text with: some, any, much, many, a few or a little.
 My brother is younger than me and he never worries about money. I do. He gets 1) .........pocket money from our parents every month. I don’t. Well, all right. I get pocket money too but only 2)....... . I know you want to ask me how 3)........ I get. Well, if my marks at school are bad, I don’t get 4)........money. And if I don’t, my grandma sometimes gives me 5)........coins. Probably now you want to ask me how 6).......coins I get from her. Well, I can’t tell you!
XII. Order the words to make questions.
1. going to / today / you / Are / look for it?
2. Is / pick you up / going to / he / early?
3. people / Will / drive / in the future / electric cars / only?
4. arriving at / the train station / they / Are / at 3 o’clock?
5. she / going / tomorrow / new car / to work / in her / Is?
6. go to / children / school / in / Will / 50 years’ time
XIII. Complete the text with one word in each gap. Use the words in the box.
as - more - than - most - less - as
 I have always thought that my father is 1) the most patient person in our family and that nobody likes fashion 2) ..... than my dad, who doesn’t know what a skirt is. But 
listen to this! It was my dad’s 40th birthday last year. We bought him something even less interesting 3) .....usual – a colourful winter scarf. When he got it, he shouted:
‘Can’t you give me something 4) .....special? Something that isn’t 5) ....typical 6) ..... a black T-shirt?’ Next year we’ll buy him a puppy – it will definitely be a surprise!
XIV. READING. Read the article and the questions below. For each question, mark the correct letter, A, B, C or D.
 I’m 25 years old and I’m learning to ride a bicycle. You probably think that I have left it very late to start. In fact, I wouldn’t be learning now if I hadn’t been invited to go on a cycling holiday this summer. The idea of telling my friends that I couldn’t ride a bike was too embarrassing. The time had come. I had to learn. But why didn’t my parents teach me when I was a child? Well, to begin with, we didn’t have a bicycle. My parents always told us that my aunt, who had tried to learn to ride on her own, had fallen off and broken her arm. My grandparents were so upset that they decided to give the bicycle away. No one on my mother's side of the family had ridden a bicycle since then. But now a that has changed. I started my lessons in the local park two months ago. My teacher lowered the seat of the bike so that I could put my feet on the ground and I learnt to balance riding down gentle grassy slopes. When I fell off, it didn’t hurt much at all. Now I can ride on hard surfaces and I love it.
 If you’re reading this and you didn't learn to ride a bike as a child, please believe that it is never too late. Find a class or get a friend to teach you. There’s plenty of information on the Internet about how to learn. If you fall off, get up and get back on. Don’t give up. Cycling is great!
1. What is the writer trying to do in the text?
 A encourage others to learn to ride a bicycle
 B explain why she didn't learn to ride a bicycle before
 C. criticise her parents for not teaching her to ride a bicycle
 D describe a method for learning to ride a bicycle
2. The writer says she was too embarrassed..
 A. to go on a cycling holiday with her friends.
 B. to start to learn to ride a bicycle.
 C. to tell her friends she didn't know how to ride a bicycle.
 D to explain to people that she was learning to ride a bicycle.
3. The writer didn't ride a bicycle as a child because..
 A. her parents gave the family bicycle away.
 B. she hurt herself when she was trying to learn.
 C. her parents didn't think it was a good idea.
 D. no one in her family had a bicycle.
4. The writer started learning to cycle in a park because.
 A. it was near her house. 	 B. she was too scared to cycle in the street.
 C. she was less likely to injure herself there. D. all the lessons were given there.
5. Which of these is closest in meaning to what the writer thinks about learning to cycle?
 A. Don't wait too long to start.	B. It's much easier than I thought.
 C. You need a qualified teacher.	D. Keep trying, no matter what.
KEY TO LESSON 5
I Articles. 1. a 2. The 3. the 4. - 5. - 6. the 7. - 8. - 9. - 10. a
II. FINING ERRORS. 
August / the north / the sea / a small house / the most beautiful / The only problem / the weather / the Atlantic Ocean / rain / home.
III. NOUN FORMATION. 1. difficulty – 2. preparation – 3. exploration – 4. fall – 
5. organisation – 6. disappointment
IV. WRITING. 1. Do you like the programmes about exploration? 
2. The dogs are pulling the sledge.
3. I haven’t brought the map with me.
4. They are not making much progress with their expedition.
5. He has crossed the Atlantic many times. 
6. Have you read this travel book? 
7. They do not speak English. 
V. DIALOGUE. 1. have you ever been - 2. Do you like...? - 3. Do you always have...? 4. Are you learning ...? - 5. Have you read...? - 6. Do you read...? - 7. Have you read...? - 8. Has he written?
VI. JOINING SENTENCES.
1. The audience left after the film had finished.
2. They got married a year after they had fallen in love. 
3. When I got home, he others had eaten all the food.
4. After they had arrived at the cinema, he bought the candy.
5. When I arrived home and looked round, I saw that a burglar had stolen .
VII. LINKING WORD. 1. while - 2. Immediately - 3. After - 4. Then - 5. When 
VIII. TRUE/FALSE. 1. T - 2. F - 3. F - 4. T - 5. F - 6. F
IX. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION.
1. So far Nick Cawdon, a famous explorer, has lost his way in the desert twice.
2. Just as Norma entered her office, her mobile rang.
3. My parents used to take me to the mountains for holidays when I was a small girl.
4. Before the young man went to see the scientist, he had forged a letter of introduction.
5. How does this holiday offen differ from that one?
X. PASSIVE. 1. is cleaned by her 2. are checked by the teacher 
 3. is used 4. are shown 5. is downloaded 6. is read
XI. 1. some – 2. a little – 3. much – 4. any – 5. some – 6. many
XII. Order the words to make questions.
1. Are you going to you look for it today ? 
2. Is he going to pick you up early?
3. Will people drive only electric cars in the future ?
4. Are they arriving at the train station at 3 o’clock?
5. Is she going to work in her new car tomorrow?
6. Will children go to school in 50 years’ time?
XIII. 1. most – 2. more – 3. as – 4. less – 5. as
XIV. READING. 1 A 2 C 3 D 4 C 5 D